There is no greater path to mediocrity in life than trying to be realistic. — Sean Plott Copy Share Image
'Good enough' stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great? — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
In the Future, Greatness will be lost in the vast sea of mediocrity. — Liam E Turner Copy Share Image
For every person seeking greatness, there are hundreds more charged with safeguarding mediocrity. If you want to be wealthy, stop taking financial… — Randy Gage Copy Share Image
“The ‘easy way’ is our laziness trying to find a solution by ‘working hard’ to side-step the problem.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
It is not always the highest talent that thrives best. Mediocrity, with tact, will outweigh talent oftentimes. — Joseph Cook Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“Getting along and being satisfied with the status quo often contribute to mediocrity and lack of innovation.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being realistic is the most common road traveled to mediocrity! Why would you be realistic? — Will Smith Copy Share Image
Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius, the stern friend, the cold, obscure shelter where moult the wings which will bear… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Anyone in the humor business isn't thinking clearly if he doesn't surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity -… — Hank Ketcham Copy Share Image
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
. . . a jostling scrum of office buildings so mediocre that the only way you ever remember them is by the… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
If you recall when [John] Kennedy passed an edict, 'Every person you hire in the Post Office must be African American,' the… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
... one doesn't want to read badly any more than live badly, since time will not relent. I don't know that we… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
Like a weighted diver sinking in an oceanof mediocrity, under the pressure of men withgelatin eyes, rubber voices, spiral-shapedconvictions, non-committal souls and… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“[T]his is how it will remain until ... literary criticism discards its sociological, religious, philosophical and other textbooks, which only help mediocrity… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Goodness is weakness, pleasantness is poisonous, serenity is mediocrity and kindness is for losers. The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“As a Wrong Planet person you may at times appear to be unsociable. You’re often dispassionate when it comes to the activities… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
“It's because I haven't courage,' said Samuel. 'I could never quite take the responsibility. When the Lord God did not call my… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“The American Naming Authority, a collective of women studying the effects of names on behavior, decrees that a name should only have… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
America's the great conundrum and the great dream and the great fascination: the new land, the new world, the new temple, the… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
“What does it mean to be an 'open source' society? What does one mean when one says one has an 'open mind'?… — Martinus Hendrikus Benders Copy Share Image
“Very often the test of one's allegiance to a cause or to a people is precisely the willingness to stay the course… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I always thought I'd get farther. I'd like to blame the world for what I've failed to do, but the failure -… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
I've always sworn that not having enough money has saved me from mediocrity. — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life. — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
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![“[T]his is how it will remain until ... literary criticism discards its sociological, religious, philosophical and other textbooks, which only help mediocrity to admire itself. Only then will you be free to say what you please. [F]or God's sake stop that irrelevant chitchat.” quote by Vladimir Nabokov](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e47/vladimir-nabokov-198_criticism_t-his-is-how-it-will-remain-until-litera_2511149.jpg)
